Rici Healthcare Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2016. The board of directors of the company informed the shareholders and potential investors of the company that based on the currently available financial information of the company, it is expected that the profit attributable to equity owners of the company will increase by at least 50% for the financial year ended 31 December 2016, as compared with RMB 29.0 million for the financial year ended 31 December 2015. The expected growth in profit attributable to equity owners of the company is primarily attributed to the following factors: (1) revenue of the medical examination segment increased by more than 20% while cost of sales remained relatively stable for the financial year ended 31 December 2016 and hence the gross profit increased as compared to that for the financial year ended 31 December 2015; and (2) the ratio of distribution costs and selling expenses to revenue in the medical examination segment for the financial year ended 31 December 2016 decreased as compared to that for the financial year ended 31 December 2015.